February 1st, 2010 by MWilhelm

Six more people have died of influenza A (H1N1) in Gujarat, taking the toll due to the swine flu pandemic in the country so far to 1235, an official statement said here today.

Three of the deaths were reported during the day, while reports of three deaths that occurred earlier were also conveyed by the health authorities of the state to the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today, it said.

Of the total swine flu deaths in the country so far, Maharashtra now accounts for 317, while 242 lives have been lost in Gujarat, 176 in Rajasthan, 141 in Karnataka, 93 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 38 in Punjab, 36 each in Kerala and Haryana, 22 in Madhya Pradesh, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Uttarakhand, 8 each in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 each in Chhattisgarh and Puducherry, 5 in Goa, 4 in Jammu & Kashmir, 3 in Orissa, 2 in Assam and 1 each in Mizoram and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

The statement said 51 new cases of swine flu were reported from different parts of India today, including 28 in Maharashtra, 5 in Delhi, 4 in Rajasthan, 3 in Haryana, 2 each in Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Gujarat, and 1 each in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.

With these, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country so far has gone up to 28,861, the statement added.